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GA Review

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Reviewer: Jaguar (talk · contribs) 20:32, 17 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]


Will leave some initial comments soon. Jaguar 20:32, 17 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

  1. Is it reasonably well written?
    A. Prose is "clear and concise", without copyvios, or spelling and grammar errors:
    B. MoS compliance for lead, layout, words to watch, fiction, and lists:
  2. Is it factually accurate and verifiable?
    A. Has an appropriate reference section:
    B. Citation to reliable sources where necessary:
    C. No original research:
  3. Is it broad in its coverage?
    A. Major aspects:
    B. Focused:
  4. Is it neutral?
    Fair representation without bias:
  5. Is it stable?
    No edit wars, etc:
  6. Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?
    A. Images are tagged with their copyright status, and valid fair use rationales are provided for non-free content:
    B. Images are provided if possible and are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions:
  7. Overall:
    Pass or Fail:


Initial comments

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  • "a few kilometres southwest of Cardiff" - does this article prefer imperial over metric (miles or km)? Just figured that old navy shipyards/harbours always used imperial!
Changed to miles - the article generally used imperial (metric in brackets) Aymatth2 (talk) 12:15, 19 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • The lead summarises the article well, so this meets the GA criteria
  • "The island was about 1 mile" - was? Is it still one mile long?
It is no longer an island, and the former extent is not obvious, so I think this is right. Aymatth2 (talk) 12:15, 19 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Laborers and shopkeepers" - Labourers?
Labourers comes up as a spelling error for me. Fixed. Aymatth2 (talk) 12:15, 19 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • "At peak there were 3,000 workers on the site" - in the lead it mentions that there was once between 8,000 and 10,000 men employed in the docks?
A peak of 3,000 workers during construction. After the job was done, the dock workers moved in. Wording tweaked to clarify. Aymatth2 (talk) 12:15, 19 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Images
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  • The images and captions meet the GA criteria
References
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  • Some references require a journal subscription to open, however this shouldn't affect the GAN
  • There are no broken references

Close - promoted

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I see no choice but to pass this article as it currently stands. The prose is in good standing, the lead complies per WP:LEAD and meets the GA criteria, the images and captions meet the GA criteria and the references and citations also meet the GA criteria. Overall this is a well-written, comprehensive and engaging article. The only issues I found with this article were a few minor copyediting issues which weren't worthy of affecting the GAN! Barry Docks sounds like a very interesting place - it still has the presence of its heydays, right? Jaguar 11:04, 19 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks both!♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:40, 19 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]